Author: Victor

Vacationing Ain’t Easy It was overnight at a resort by a large lake.  The hotel was luxurious, featuring indoor and outdoor pools heated by hot underground springs.  A tourist destination, plentiful with restaurants and shops.  It would be cool–it was early April and the lake was in the north, by the mountains.  He looked forward […]

The Presidential Cabinet’s Makeover The Presidents’ Cabinet members were deeply concerned.  The President had abruptly fired one a month ago, a few days ago he abruptly fired a second.  Heads were on the line.  They had slavishly followed his orders, desperately tried to meet his needs.  As the President increasingly absorbed power, the Constitution was […]

Belinda And Compromise Belinda knew what she smelled affected her.  Aromas created joy or alarm, energized or exhausted.  She thought of moving but there was nowhere to go–everywhere had aromas she had to avoid because they degraded her, wearied her, repulsed her.  She could not avoid breathing.  She avoided smelling the unpleasant, masking aromas she […]

Ingrid’s Top Ten Recreational Drugs Ingrid’s number one favourite recreational drug was sugar (it was not her true number one.)  Sugar gave her a solid high and she considered it a great drug (except for the cavities and false teeth.)  Ingrid’s second favourite was caffeine.  It certainly delivered powerful energy and kept her solid in […]

Crash Arnold was distracted for only a second, searching for Gimme Shelter on his car’s USB, when he felt a huge bump and a huger crunch sound.  Not the horrendous sound of metal shoved against itself, an awful screech, but a crunch, followed immediately by a thud.  The thud was followed by a large sound […]

Forsaken Vegetables Sitting in the bag, the string beans never felt they belonged.  The peas and corn were thrilled to be frozen and packaged.  But the string beans took longer to cook than the others and often came out tough.  The string beans wanted to be easy to eat—and, if possible, by themselves, but few […]

Riding The Environment Phillip and Martha built a very unusual balloon for a very unusual purpose. Powered by helium, it could reach great heights.  They could control up and down, nothing else.  Hung below the balloon was a small cabin with windows and leather straps on the ceiling and walls.  Today Philip and Martha stepped […]

Arnold And Cooking Arnold loved the taste of properly cooked food but, lately, cooking depressed him.  Creating meals from recipes was no longer fun.  He had to eat, but what was he eating?  It started with food dyes.  He enjoyed red cupcakes, but learned the dyes were carcinogenic.  Then butter, which no longer became soft […]

War And Dr. Melfi War was terrified. Its future was threatened. It was not like It was a criminal without conscience. It helped humanity, clearing out the old, encouraging the new. War feared that may end. In a current war, thousands of drones, missiles and bombs had badly damaged one nation’s roads, power plants, downtowns. […]

Losing Yourself In Her Eyes I look into her eyes and that’s it.  All over.  I think of nothing else.  Her eyes are deep, I fall into them.  We can be talking and suddenly I am lost in her.  I hear words as they drift by.  I am lost in her warmth.  I swim in […]